A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

2. With Eminent Victories. This we find upon record, 2 Chron. 20.21, 22. And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed Singers unto the Lord, that they should praise the Beauty of Holiness, as they went out before the Army, and to say, Praise the Lord, for his mercy endureth for ever: And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the Children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, which came against Israel, and they were smitten. Israel's success follows Israel's singing. If the people of Israel will look to their Duty, God will look to their Enemy, and lay that Ambush which shall ensnare and overthrow their power.

3. With Evident Miracles. This we find upon Record, Acts 16.25, 26. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God, and the prisoners heard them, and suddenly there was a great Earth-quake, so that the Foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately the doors were opened, and every ones hands were loosed. Behold here an eminent Miracle! Prisons saluting the Prisoner's Liberty: Paul and Silas singing set God on working; and if their Tongues were loosed in Duty, their hands shall be loosed for Liberty; Singing, like praying, can work wonders. Lorinus observes,¹ that the prisoners Chains were taken off, and their bands loosed by the peculiar power and work of Angels.

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